Long Way To The Light - Lyrics by Waterboys, The


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I'm sitting in my bedroom
Overlooking findhorn bay
Cluny hill ion the distance
Summer on the way
Blue skies and sailing boats
Like a picture in a book
I can't believe i got here
Or how long it took

Living one step at a time
Putting one foot in front of the other
It sure feels right
Healing on my mind
Been a long way
Been a long way to the light

I'd made it to manhattan
Built myself a nest
I meant to get right back to doing
Exactly what i do best:
Pluggin in an electric guitar,
Leading a band
Well, if you want to give god a laugh
- tell him your plans!

Summer in the city
Wilting in the heat
Buzzing up and down to bearsville
And back to hudson street
I learned meditation
And how to visualise -
Just breathing, being still
Never felt more alive!

Living one step at a time...

I spent the fall in transit
Circling the moon
Like a cat on a hot tin roof
Like a fiddle without a tune
I found what i was searching for
In mrs caddy's book
I had to go there straightaway
Have myself a look

I flew back to scotland
Anticipation in my bones
The old country welcoming me
Like a prodigal coming home
I knelt and kissed the tarmac
In the wild atlantic rain
Felt the fiery gaelic blood
Rising in my veins

Living one step at a time...

I spent the night in glasgow
Flew to inverness
I found the place and at the first
I was not impressed
Nobody said hello
The faces left me cold
Back then how was i to know
All that would unfold?

I entered thje sanctuary
- heard the vioce of a girl
Sending out a circle of light
Clear across the world
I shuddered in the power
Like a seedling in a storm
I've been travelling to this place
Since the moment i was born

Flew back to new york city
Singing the big city blues
The sand of findhorn bay
Still clingin to my shoes
I tried to re-start my life
But the life i knew was gone
I had to let go everything
But that's another song!

Living one step at a time...

So i'm sitting in my bedroom
Overlooking findhorn bay
Cluny hill in the distance
Summer on the way
I'm watching sailing boats
Bobbing to and fro
- time to hit the road
The only way i know...

Living one step at a time...


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